They complete the budding process in the formation of large numbers of merozoites and are found in some species of sporozoans & mdash; including those of the " Leucocytozoon " genus & mdash; undergoing exoerythrocytic asexual division.
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Another study found that the risk of predation for a bird targeted by a Eurasian sparrowhawk or northern goshawk increased 25-fold if the prey was infected with the blood parasite " Leucocytozoon ", and birds with avian malaria were 16 times more likely to be killed.
